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Get Organized Now For 2011

- brandy3

I know everyone has resolutions and start on new years, but my Mother always told me whatever you want done in the new year do it before the New Year. “A dirty house on New Years is a dirty house all year-long”. 

Organization is something we all want to have. As a blogger I get sent press releases and products and I’ll admit I let things get scattered. Here are some tips from Smead and myself to get organized in December for the New Year.

Clear The Clutter- find everything that’s lying around and the papers piled around and find a place for them. Go through your pens and throw away the ones that don’t work.

Clean Out Those File Cabinets-Recycle papers you don’t need anymore, if it’s a bank statement from 6 years ago shred it, you’ll probably never need it again.

Family Calender Have a calender by your work space for family appts, and activities. I have a BusyBodyBook and it has an individual section for each family member, so I never get lost in the 100 things on 1 day.

Get in a routine- Get in a routine now, send the kids to bed at the same time, lay clothes out the night before. Make lunches in advance or set out lunch money.

Check In With Family-Ask once a week what your family’s schedule is, has anything come up or changed. To make sure you have it written down.

Start now and get everything thing the way you want it, and you’ll already be set for the new year.

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Disclosure: Information was provided by Smead Organomics, who is also compensating me with a gift card.

Clorox Holiday Health Sweepstakes

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The holidays are always a really busy times for us moms. Cooking, shopping, decorating and so much more. You still want to make sure that you cook safely.

Clorox has provided some tips  to help out this holiday season

Food Safety

  • Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and warm water before and after touching food
  •  Be sure to sanitize all your cutting boards to prevent cross-contamination. For plastic cutting boards, first wash or rinse with liquid dishwashing detergent and water. Then soak it in a solution using 1 tablespoon of Clorox Regular-Bleach per gallon of water. Let it stand for 2 minutes, and then air dry. For a wooden cutting board, use 3 tablespoons of Clorox Regular-Bleach per gallon of water to create a sanitizing solution. Wash, wipe, or rinse with dishwashing detergent and water, then apply solution. Let it stand for 2 minutes. Rinse with a solution of 1 tablespoon of bleach per gallon of water. Do not rinse or soak overnight.
  • use disinfecting wipes or dish towels soaked in water and 1/2 cup Clorox bleach mixed to help clean up spills.
  • Clean out your fridge of food that has been sitting in there for a while, then wipe down with Clorox wipes including the bins.

Health Tips:

  • Get your family vaccinated
  • Cough into your elbows, not your hands to prevent spreading germs while shopping
  • wash your hands often and carry hand sanitizer
  • sanitize your home, including light switches, door knobs, and faucets
  • While it may be the holidays, you should still eat well, exercise and get plenty of sleep.

Right now Clorox has the Holiday Health Sweepstakes going on where 5  people will win $50 gift cards and one lucky person will win $100 gift card to use for the holidays. All you have to do is tweet a tip about how you keep your family safe during the holidays using the hashtag #CloroxHolidays. Visit http://www.clorox.com/special-offers/ for more information and rules.

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose just sharing information from a awesome company

Cottonelle Flushable Wipes

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With a Pop-Up Tub for single-sheet dispensing, Cottonelle Fresh Flushable Moist Wipes remove what dry toilet paper leaves behind. Cottonelle brand provides a shower-fresh feeling that leaves you confidently clean every day.

***My 5 and 4 yr old have been potty trained for a couple of years now, but they still have some trouble with wiping. I usually keep a tub of baby wipes in the bathroom to help them out, you can’t flush baby wipes though. The Cottonelle Flushable wipes are so easy to use and help out with those potty training the most. It hooks on to the wall like regular toilet paper, but gets all the stuff that toilet paper leaves behind. With kids it makes sure they are wiping clean. We really have enjoyed these and it has become a favorite amongst my potty trainers.

“I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central on behalf of the Cottonelle brand and received a sample to facilitate my candid review. In addition, I received a gift certificate to thank me for taking the time to participate.”

Bing “Our School Needs” Your Vote

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In a bid to win $100,000 for their school, parents, students, and teachers around the country have been telling Bing what their school needs through essays, photos and videos.  Bing is awarding a quarter-million dollars in prize money divided among four schools in need, and your vote can make all the difference. The entry with the most votes wins $100k, and 3 others will each win $50k.

You can visit here and vote for your favorite video

We live in a wealthy neighborhood(we are not), and my daughters school is one of the top rated elemenatry schools here in Long Island. I receive letters at least twice a week for some kind of donation. The first two weeks of school we had 6 fundraisers, it was crazy.

If you are one of the first 30,000 to vote, you will receive a $3 DonorsChoose.org Donation code. voting is only open until Nov. 7 so hurry.

One of my favorite videos is The video from Fort Carson Co., My husband was stationed there for a while. I know how hard it is on kids to only have one parent around and worry about the other fighting overseas.

Don’t Forget to go vote

 “I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Bing and received a gift card and DonorsChoose.org giving code to thank me for taking the time to participate.”

1800 flowers Celebrates birthdays GiveawayClosed

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I was able to partner with 1800 Flowers to help promote the Deliver Birthday smiles campaign. Read about it on my first post.

I received the birthday flower cake for review. When this first arrived my kids thought it was a actual cake and wanted to eat it! LOL       This flower cake is beautiful and the perfect gift for the women in your life.  It has three candles on top and for me almost lasted a whole month without wilting.

I have a $50 gift Certificate to giveaway to one lucky reader

To enter: tell me who you want to send flowers to?

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Disclosure: No compensation was received, I received flowers from the company who is providing the giveaway.

Donnie Wahlberg(NKOTB) Volunteers iParticipate campaign

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Donnie Wahlberg got his fame from being an original member of The New Kids On The Block, now he is on Tv show Blue Bloods.

Donnie Wahlberg joined Tom Brady, Robert and Myra Kraft, Defensive Lineman Vince Wilfork and Bianca Wilfork, Tackle Matt Light and Susie Light, Linebacker Jerod Mayo, Running Back Sammy Morris and Leslie Morris, Punter Zoltan Mesko, Quarterback Brian Hoyer and Linda Hoyer from the New England Patriots and UHC volunteers in a playground build organized by national nonprofit organization KaBOOM!.  The playground supports the Waltham Boys & Girls Club’s mission of encouraging the local young people who use the Club – nearly 3,700 annually, many of them from disadvantaged families – to engage in positive play, and lead healthy, productive and responsible lives

The new playground will provide 275 children served every day at the Club with a place to play. Children attending the Club have never had a playground to call their own and enjoy.

**Nothing to disclose just sharing information.

Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery Giveaway11/20

- brandy3 54 Comments

Daylight savings time is coming up in just a little over two weeks. When you change your Clocks, it’s a good time to also change your smoke alarm battery.

Firefighters work tirelessly to help reduce the risk factors by educating their residents on the importance of having a working smoke alarm. In many communities, fire departments are able to distribute free batteries to citizens. Energizer has donated more than four million batteries to local fire departments. This year, people have an opportunity to get involved in a very simple way to help increase the donation.

When people visit the CYCCYB tab on the Energizer Bunny Facebook page, (www.facebook.com/energizerbunny), you can send a Change Your Clock Change Your Battery reminder to  friends to trigger a battery donation. In addition, people can make an online pledge to change the batteries in their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors or develop a home escape plan online, and help increase the number of batteries the company donates this year, up to 400,000 batteries. 

Did you know……

  • 96 percent of American homes have at least one smoke alarm, but 19 percent of all homes with smoke alarms do not have at least one smoke alarm that works, mostly due to missing or dead batteries. This means roughly 20.5 million homes are at risk because of non-working smoke alarms and an additional 4.5 million homes are at risk by not having smoke alarms. This prevents the U.S. from achieving the full potential of increased fire safety from smoke alarms
  •  Three-quarters of child fire fatalities under age 15 occurred in homes without working smoke alarms.
  • On average, home fires kill 500 children ages 14 and under each year.
  • Roughly half of the people who died in home fires started by children playing with fire were under five years old.

Don’t forget about your carbon monoxide alarms too.

Carbon monoxide is sometimes called the “the silent killer.” It is colorless, odorless and tasteless. The National Safety Council reports that almost 700 people die each year as a result of unintentional poisoning by gases or vapors in non-fire situations. Carbon monoxide was involved in the majority of these deaths.

We have both a fire alarm and a carbon monoxide alarm, you can never be to cautious when you are using oil heat and have kids in the house. I am a little nervous that we only have a smoke alarm upstairs and not downstairs. We always check the batteries though, and don’t keep matches or any of that in the house. My kids are sneaky.

Energizer is giving one of my readers a  First Alert smoke alarm, along with a 2-pack of 9volt Energizer  Max batteries.

To enter Leave me a comment with how often you check your smoke alarm batteries.

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Contest ends 11/20/10

Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation for this post, a product will be received from Energizer who is also providing the giveaway.

 

Taylor Swift Fearless Tour Premieres On The Hub

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The Hub Network is an all new tv channel for kids , it features some of your kids favorite tv shows that are no longer on tv, and new ones too. The shows are Fraggle Rock (my favorite growing up), Strawberry Shortcake, My Little Pony,  GI Joe, Transformers, and so much more. They even added a new one yesterday that my son totally loves Chuck and Friends. Visit www.hubworld.com to find what channel Hub is on in your area.

The Hub Network has announced that they will feature the Taylor Swift Fearless Tour On the Hub. The announcement was made by  Margaret Loesch, President & CEO of The Hub, and Stephen Davis, President of Hasbro Studios.

Swift, a four-time Grammy Award winner and the top-selling digital artist in music history, has had singles top both the country and pop radio charts, as well as the #1 best-selling album in any genre of music in 2009. This year, at the age of 20, she became the youngest artist in history to win the music industry’s highest honor, the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Also at the 2010 Grammys, she took home the awards for Country Album of the Year, Best Country Song and Best Country Female Vocal Performance. Her 6x-Platinum FEARLESS album is the most awarded album in country music history. She will release her third studio album, SPEAK NOW, on Oct. 25.

The special will be a 3 day premiere

October 22, 7 p.m. ET-In an impactful opening hour, Swift provides the narrative, home movies and personal photos that chronicle her path from childhood dreams to superstar, culminating with the release of her phenomenally successful FEARLESS album. Swift recounts how her dedication to music and a move to Nashville brought her true happiness.

October 23, 7 p.m. ET-As Swift’s star rises and transcends musical genres, making her a genuine crossover artist, viewers will watch as she starts laying out the plans for the FEARLESS Tour with a very behind-the-scenes look. Other highlights include intimate fan moments and a tribute to her mom.

October 24, 7 p.m. ET-In her life and now on stage, Swift personifies FEARLESS. The final hour of the three-part series of specials highlights the sold out tour’s success. Viewers get Swift’s video diaries as she takes the tour all over the world and to its grand finale at Boston’s Gillette Stadium.

My kids and I love Taylor Swift, and we will definitely be watching this and singing and dancing a long.  Since the Hub launched on 10-10-10 my kids have been watching and really enjoy all the shows, their favorites are of course Strawberry Shortcake, and My Little Pony.

Nothing to disclose just sharing information.

Proactiv is Helping Get Ready For Halloween

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This Halloween one of the top costumes is Lady Ga Ga, but not all of us have the perfect skin to pull it off. So we pile on stage makeup, to get that perfect look. It can take a toll on our face though.

Amy Nadine is a makeup Artist to the stars and recommends the Proactiv skin care line, and using Medicaed Blemish Stick and Makeup removing cloths.

About Amy Nadine-Amy Nadine is known for her intuitive ability to define and accentuate the natural beauty of every face she touches. She prides herself in being an expert in her field, always studying color trends, cosmetics formulations…anything & everything makeup-related, and pinches herself daily that she’s having a career out of one of her greatest passions.      Amy has worked on a number of celebrities including Lauren Conrad, Whitney Port, Shannon Doherty, Jordin Sparks, George Clooney, Hugh Jackman, Denzel Washington, Patrick Dempsey, Khloe Kardashian & Jack Johnson, among others. Her work has appeared in Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, InStyle, Seventeen, Glamour, ELLE Girl and Fitness, to name a few.

 **** I have had no luck with proactiv so far, It works for the first couple weeks, but I always seem to get huge pimples when I use it.   I stille keep trying Proactiv hoping it will change.  I was able to ry out the Makeup removing cloths and the medicated blemish stick.  The medicated blemish stick I loved. It helped make the red disappear, so my face doesn’t look so blotchy.

Retail:$19.99-29.99

Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation for this post, a product was received for my review.

Cheryl’s Honors National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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Cheryl’s Is honoring National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the millions of Americans affected by the disease with the company’s “Cookies for a Cure” campaign.

Cheryl’s will donate 10 percent of the proceeds from sales of the Buttercream Frosted Heart Shaped Cookie, to the Susan G Komen Foundation throughout the month of October.  The cookies feature Cheryl’s delicous butercream frosting.

**** I was sent to cookies and they are so delicious. They were so soft and chewy, just like they had just come out of the oven. These are the perfect treat and when you buy them your also helping out a great cause.

Retail: You can buy 36 frosted hearts for $29.39, that’s 40% off the original price.

These Cookies are only available in the month of October, so head to Cheryl’s and get some

Disclosure: No compensation was received, I was sent a product for my review. All opinions are my own.

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